British Tabloids
British Tabloids follows their own rules of journalism; they give importance to News stories also with the celebrity gossips as their main content. They often filled up with the mixture of News and sensational stories. They keep looking for new sources of hot gossip stories and pays high money for it. They did not care much about the anonymity of source of gossip stories.
That’s why, sometime critics uses word “Tabloid” to insult a newspaper which sensationalizes the news stories.
In recent times, Three major British broadsheet daily newspapers have switched format and joined the club of Tabloids, these are The Independent, The Times & The Scotsman.
They use the term “compact format” to avoid the tabloid sticker.
Another major British Newspaper “The Express” had switched format from broadsheet to tabloid in the year 1977.
A new term “Red-Top” is being coined for British Tabloids because of their Red colored mastheads in the UK media.
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Top British Tabloids
The Sun
Rupert Murdoch’s SUN is highest circulation English language Newspaper in the world. It is being published from the UK and Ireland. According to the general public opinion The Sun supports Conservatives and liberals politically.
The Daily Mirror
This Famous British Newspaper started in the year 1903, in the beginning it focused more on the women issues, but later changed it’s course of journalism. In the Year 2004, when George W. Bush won the U.S. Presidential elections, it published a controvercial famous front page with headline “How can 59054087 people be so DUMB?”
The People
Publishes only on Sundays by the same company which publishes British Tabloid Daily Mirror,
The Daily Mail
The Daily Mail tabloid is Britain’s oldest tabloid. It is a conservative paper and has become the 12th-largest circulated English-language daily in the world.
The Daily Express
The Daily Express switched to tabloid format in 1977, previously it was broadsheet newspaper started in 1900. It has conservative political inclination. It describe itself as “The World’s Greatest Newspaper.”
The Daily Star
Started in 1978, it also has political inclination towards right. The paper has decreased the price over the years to compete with another British Tabloid “The Sun”. The Daily Star is published by Express Newspapers, which also publishes the Daily Express and Sunday Express.
The Morning Star
This British Tabloid Morning Star is a left-wing newspaper. It’s main focus are social, political and trade union matters. The paper was founded in the year 1930 with the name Daily Worker
It has been switched to tabloid format; but, it avoids celebrity stories, and gives emphasis on labour unions.
List of British TabloidS Newspapers
These are top tabloids of Uk
Daily Mail, Daily Express, Metro, Sunday People, Daily Record, The Mail, The Sun, Daily Star Sunday, Morning Star, Daily Mirror, Daily Star.
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